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On Sunday, five years to the day after his memorable play became a symbol of a devastated community's will to carry on, Gleason, 34, went public with his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Stephen Hawking has a form of motor neurone disease which causes progressive weakness of muscles in the body. On his website Prof Hawking describes coxing and rowing during his time at Oxford University but gradually becoming more clumsy Photo: REUTERS. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor. 7:34PM BST 20 Apr 2009.